terry17 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Finally move into the new home so can continue my fish keeping :-) My goal is to make my fish tank as part of the decoration at home, that was the main reason I have chosen Rio 300, it is nice looking and fit in with other furnitures. The main equipments are ： Juwel Roi 300 Tank + stand include 2x54w lights Eheim Pro 3 - 600 filter Eheim 300w heater 1x 3 w air pump Decoration： Black background Cedar fine gravel Driftwood Anubias Fish Discus x 6 Cadinal tetra x 20, GBA x3, blue ram x4, Jullie Cory x 2, guppy x 2 Rio 300 Tank + Stand, easy installation I really dont like internal filter so I took it out and use the Eheim Pro 3 instead Lights Clean driftwood wash gravel, I filter out the extra fine parts. This type of gravel has got lots of dust...so it took a lot of time to wash it,, Backgroud Put gravel in Tie the plant on drift wood using fishing line Eheim pro 3 - 600 filter includes all media, for tank up to 600L, max flow1250L/hr,16w, very very quite Media Physical media Boi + Physical Bio - media Now the most important part -cycling the filter. I used a 'fast' way coz I was in a hurry to move in. I put some boi noodles from my small temporary tank into the new filter so the bacteria is in the new filter straight away First day, still cloudy 2 days later, water is clear, tested for NH3 and NO2, put in some small fish Keep testing the water for a week, no NH3, NO2, and pH is dropping nicely Now putting in discus fish full view Julie Cory GBA Main fish - Discus They even bread in the tank but the fry is hard to survive. I bought 6 fish and it turn out to have 2 pairs end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binu Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 good work man ..u got some good fish there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry17 Posted April 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 good work man ..u got some good fish there Thanks :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 looks good and great photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 :cophot: Excellent effort! Looks really nice! So much like my own setup (rio 300, pro3 600, eheim heater, etc.) hehe. I have replaced the black plastic rings in the two lower baskets with sintered glass noodles from trade me. Personally I think they work better. One question: What type of Anubias is that and where did you get it? thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 :nfs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinox Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 WoW! that is awsome little blog, great photos. Good luck with the discus breeding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomsam1001 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 :nfs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoFishing Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Love this photo. A definate contender for POTM in my opinion. Great blog. Thanks for taking the time to post it all up. :cophot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Good also to see the angels getting to know each other on top of the tank How safe are these stands in a quake? With no cross bracing, surely they will go sideways and collapse or are the cupboards enough? :gpo2: :nfs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Nice clean looking setup dude, I would have to agree with Caryl and be worried about the stand collapsing in a decent quake. You could look into getting a steel frame welded up to go inside the cabinet, I'm sure I have seen that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuppyHunter Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Outstanding - good taste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackp Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Nice clean looking setup dude, I would have to agree with Caryl and be worried about the stand collapsing in a decent quake. You could look into getting a steel frame welded up to go inside the cabinet, I'm sure I have seen that before. a sheet of ply screwed to the back (with holes for leads and pipes) would probably provide enough lateral bracing. alteratively could bracket it to the wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 What are the dimensions of the actual tank? It's a nice looking unit, I'm presuming the "300" means 300L? Wonder if I could convince the wife one would look good in the lounge?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 What are the dimensions of the actual tank? It's a nice looking unit, I'm presuming the "300" means 300L? Wonder if I could convince the wife one would look good in the lounge?! Is google down? :sml1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Stunning! Simple but magicial, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Is google down? :sml1: HA! I deserved that... Here is the pic from the Juwel website showing the "dimensions", but it looks like the height of 66cm includes the frame around the top and bottom. Is the actual tank 66cm high? My question should really have been 'how high is the water level'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 I can help you there: Inside dims are 118x48cm 52cm height (to water level) Not sure what these tanks are going for atm but I paid over $1300 for tank alone 4 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 $1800 according to HFF's website, plus you get $300 vouchers to spend in-store. Nice looking bit of kit, but I think I'd prefer to go custom for a living room tank for that kinda coin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 $1800 according to HFF's website, plus you get $300 vouchers to spend in-store. Nice looking bit of kit, but I think I'd prefer to go custom for a living room tank for that kinda coin. That is with cabinet. I bought without cabinet for 13 something.. Nice tank but yes you could spend that money on an entire custom system. Sorry a bit :smot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry17 Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 :cophot: Excellent effort! Looks really nice! So much like my own setup (rio 300, pro3 600, eheim heater, etc.) hehe. I have replaced the black plastic rings in the two lower baskets with sintered glass noodles from trade me. Personally I think they work better. One question: What type of Anubias is that and where did you get it? thanks! Ah...I have got some spare eheim bio max, maybe I will try to replace some plastic rings with it. I think they give you 2 layers of plastic rings might be because of they want to lower the cost. Not sure what type of anubias that is, got it from animate 4 years ago with only 4 leaf on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry17 Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Love this photo. A definate contender for POTM in my opinion. Great blog. Thanks for taking the time to post it all up. :cophot: Great to know you enjoy the photo, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry17 Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Good also to see the angels getting to know each other on top of the tank How safe are these stands in a quake? With no cross bracing, surely they will go sideways and collapse or are the cupboards enough? :gpo2: :nfs: Well, Auckland does not have that many quake :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry17 Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Nice clean looking setup dude, I would have to agree with Caryl and be worried about the stand collapsing in a decent quake. You could look into getting a steel frame welded up to go inside the cabinet, I'm sure I have seen that before. Thanks, I will look into it :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry17 Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 $1800 according to HFF's website, plus you get $300 vouchers to spend in-store. Nice looking bit of kit, but I think I'd prefer to go custom for a living room tank for that kinda coin. Check out trademe, you should see one at $1500 tank+stand, this should be the 2 light tube model like mine. Hff have the 4 light tube model at a higher price, around $1800i think. For me, 2x54w is more than enough.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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